Cord pilot trial, comparing alternative policies for timing of cord clamping before 32 weeks gestation: follow-up for women up to one year

Table 2 HADS scores for anxiety and depression and P-BESS for women’s satisfaction with care at birth

	First (at 4–8 weeks)		Second (at one year)
	Clamp ≥2 min + neonatal care with cord intact	Clamp ≤20 s + neonatal care after clamping	Clamp ≥2 min + neonatal care with cord intact	Clamp ≤20 s + neonatal care after clamping
	n = 99 (%)	n = 87 (%)	n = 83 (%)	n = 50 (%)
HADS scores ^a
depression mean [sd]	5.1 [3.3]	6.0 [3.7]	4.3 [3.5]	4.8 [3.0]
≥ 8	28 (29%)	27 (31%)	17 (20%)	10 (20%)
anxiety mean [sd]	7.4 [4.1]	7.6 [4.7]	6.7 [3.9]	6.2 [3.9]
≥ 8	49 (50%)	40 (47%)	34 (41%)	18 (36%)
P-BESS scores, median [25th, 75th centile]
total	80 [69, 85]	76 [68, 82]	78 [67, 84]	78 [70, 82]
interpersonal care^b	34 [29, 35]	32 [28, 34]	33 [28, 35]	33 [30, 35]
information and explanations	33 [28, 35]	31 [28, 34]	33 [27, 35]	31 [28, 34]
confidence in staff	15 [12, 15]	13 [11, 15]	14 [11, 15]	14 [12, 15]

^aAnxiety and depression scores were reasonably normally distributed. HADS questionnaire not completed by one participant in each group on the first questionnaire and by one participant in the clamp cord ≤20 s group on the second questionnaire at one year
^bP-BESS interpersonal scale score not fully completed by one participant in each group on the first questionnaire

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